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Joni Mitchell would go on from this 1971 recording to make ... Read more

Joni Mitchell would go on from this 1971 recording to make more popular, more ambitious, and more challenging albums, but she's never made a better one. Working with minimal accompaniment (Stephen Stills and James Taylor are two of the four sidemen), the Canadian thrush summoned an involving song cycle of romance found and lost. Though Blue is an uncommonly intimate representation, it's also astonishingly open and gracious. Songs such as "All I Want," "Carey," "California, and "A Case of You" work equally well as poetry and pop music. DCC's 24-karat-gold version of the 10-song collection offers superior sound quality for a higher price then the standard Warner Bros. CD. --Steven Stolder Minimize

2-CD world premier of original 1982 soundtrack from epic An ... Read more

2-CD world premier of original 1982 soundtrack from epic Andrew V. McLaglen Civil War mini-series with Lloyd Bridges, Robert Vaughn, Gregory Peck. Bruce Broughton tackles then-biggest project to date with massive score, bookends with rousing theme that plays as training ground for later SILVERADO masterpiece. Exciting idea! Entire 2-hour score presented in stereo. Bruce Broughton conducts. Disc 1: 1. Main Title (1:43) 2. The Geyser Farm (1:36) 3. John Leaves Home; Gettysburg, PA (4:05) 4. John Brown (1:05) 5. John Brown's Sentence (:44) 6. Nell's Cure (1:06) 7. John Brown's Hanging; On to Gettysburg (1:54) 8. Bold Girl; Lester and Emmy (2:49) 9. Searching Jonathan's; Jonathan Gets Lynched; Sacred No Longer (5:25) 10. James Goes to Enlist (:50) 11. Jonas and Mary; Engaged (4:15) 12. James Dies (2:17) 13. Stone Bridge at Bull Run; Retreat from Bull Run (4:32) 14. The Apocalypse Seen (1:18) 15. Lousy Coffee (1:00) 16. John Calls on Kathy (1:01) 17. Ready to Duel (:47) 18. Lincoln's Gift (1:22) 19. The Hot Air Balloon (4:40) 20. Don't Go Away Mad (1:07) 21. Newlyweds (3:37) 22. Mooney is Murdered (2:27) 23. Malachy Runs Again; The Confederate Balloon (4:18) 24. The Balloon Breaks Free (4:11) 25. The Emancipation Proclamation; Sleeping Torment (4:43) 26. Deserted Mansion (1:03) 27. Emergency Drive (2:11) 28. Lester Gets Bombed (1:41) 29. Last Goodbyes (1:33) 30. Trestle Fire (2:33) Disc 2: 1. Mary Dies; Something Wrong (4:01) 2. Field of the Dead (1:11) 3. Brothers (3:11) 4. The Caves; The Rattle (2:44) 5. Another Murder (1:29) 6. Rebels Ahead; Reb Ambush (2:10) 7. Wilderness Casualties (2:11) 8. Mark Dies (3:09) 9. Whiskey Anesthetic (2:46) 10. Vision of Mary (2:33) 11. John Returns Home; Mama's Hopes; John's Decision (6:24) 12. Matt Dies (1:19) 13. Jonas' Confession (1:36) 14. Emma Foiled (:48) 15. Lee's Farewell (4:21) 16. Jonas' Dream; To Ford's Theater (5:12) 17. Portraits & End Credits (2:15) Minimize

Original issue released by Geffen Records in 1985 which rea ... Read more

Original issue released by Geffen Records in 1985 which reached #150 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. TRACK LISTING: [1]. Walking On Ice [2]. Caught In the Rain [3]. Back Into Blue [4]. Talk to Me [5]. I Want To Believe It's You [6]. Love Without A Net (You Keep Falling) [7]. Come To Me [8]. Grace Under Fire [9]. Just For You [10]. Welcome To the City Minimize

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition includes a ... Read more

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition includes a bonus CD containing original remixes and unreleased material. System F is the best-known alias of one of the world's best Electronic music producers, Ferry Corsten. System F's debut single, 'Out Of The Blue', was first released in 1999 on Tsunami, Ferry's imprint around those days. Later singles were the anthem for 2001's Dance Valley, Holland's biggest outdoor Dance festival, and a collaboration with Armin van Buuren on the track 'Exhale'. All these gems and many more (including a song with Soft Cell's Marc Almond) can be found on Out Of The Blue. EMI. 2010. Minimize

Joni Mitchell would go on from this 1971 recording to make ... Read more

Joni Mitchell would go on from this 1971 recording to make more popular, more ambitious, and more challenging albums, but she's never made a better one. Working with minimal accompaniment (Stephen Stills and James Taylor are two of the four sidemen), the Canadian thrush summoned an involving song cycle of romance found and lost. Though Blue is an uncommonly intimate representation, it's also astonishingly open and gracious. Songs such as "All I Want," "Carey," "California, and "A Case of You" work equally well as poetry and pop music. DCC's 24-karat-gold version of the 10-song collection offers superior sound quality for a higher price then the standard Warner Bros. CD. --Steven Stolder Minimize

Jimmie Vaughan is a master of mood, but not ostentatiously ... Read more

Jimmie Vaughan is a master of mood, but not ostentatiously so; he's too slick for that. You think you're getting a slab of solid electric blues with Do You Get the Blues?--and as a matter of fact, you are--but this particular slab cuts all the way to the bone. It begins innocuously enough, with a relaxed instrumental piece set to a shuffle beat, until you realize the track's called "Dirty Girl." Then things slow down even more for "Out of the Shadows," and this one looks like a downer, but no, Vaughan addresses an upbeat subject here. Likewise, "Off the Deep End" ambles along amiably enough, but there's a current of tension underpinning the song, until we reach the line "And the water's fine." Here, the music relaxes, mirroring the lyrics. And so on, through a cover of "Power of Love" (with killer vocals from fellow Texan Lou Ann Barton), so that when "Without You" suits music to sentiment, it has even more impact. This subtlety is Vaughan's mastery at work. He does what you don't expect, contrasting music with subject matter, avoiding musical clichés like the plague, and doing all of it so offhandedly that you never realize what he's up to. Hence the flute on "Don't Let the Sun Set" is moving, as opposed to cheesy, while "In the Middle of the Night" has a sexy, swinging beat and heartbroken lyrics. True, Vaughan is a better musician than he is a lyricist, but he's good enough at the former that few are likely to complain. --Genevieve Williams Minimize

MILES DAVIS Out Of The Blue (2008 German exclusive 157-tra ... Read more

MILES DAVIS Out Of The Blue (2008 German exclusive 157-track 10-CD album set remastered using high end 24-Bit/96 kHz mastering offering an incredible overview of Davis early career running from his tenure with Charlie Parkers Rebeboppers [1945-47] through to recordings made in 1957 including sessions with Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra Sarah Vaughan Coleman Hawkins All Stars & Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra as well as numerous recordings featuring Davis asbandleader in his own right; each CD is presented in a card wallet sleeve with the set housed in a deluxe sealed hinged-lid box - an amazing collection at an amazing price!) Minimize

Remastered Digipack Reissue. 2007 digitally remastered edit ... Read more

Remastered Digipack Reissue. 2007 digitally remastered edition of this classic debut album the group that brought Dave Edmunds to public attention. This issue was mastered from the original tapes and expanded to include both the A and B-sides of their first two singles.His importance in the history of Welsh rock music can't be understated and his recording career began with this trio. Edmunds emerged as a guitar hero of extreme prowess. The group's first single was released as The Human Beans, but their name was changed prior to the release of this album. The tracks include the stunning "Summertime" and the title track, admired on both sides of the Atlantic. Esoteric Minimize

Release Date: 2002-07-23, Audio CD, Jazz Door

Release Date: 2011-04-12, Audio CD, PID

Released to commemorate the centenary of Robert Johnson's b ... Read more

Released to commemorate the centenary of Robert Johnson's birth and 70th anniversary since Muddy Waters first recorded on Stovall's Cotton Plantation in Mississippi, this four CD and book collection covers the whole story of the blues from the early 20th century right up to the present day. Minimize

Release Date: 2007-06-11, Audio CD, Millesuoni

Release Date: 1993-08-12, Audio CD, Evidence

These great jazz tracks are: 1. I Want A Little Girl, 2. Ba ... Read more

These great jazz tracks are: 1. I Want A Little Girl, 2. Baby Ain't I Good To You, 3. Blue riff, 4. Since I Fell For You, and 5. Willow Weep For Me Minimize

Big Blue Ball is the long-awaited, much-anticipated collect ... Read more

Big Blue Ball is the long-awaited, much-anticipated collection of stand-out tracks culled from the all-star, pan-global collaborations that took place over three years of Peter Gabriel s legendary Recording Week gatherings at his state-of-the-art Real World Studios in the English countryside. Produced by Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger (of World Party, Waterboys) and Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, OMD), it s a nonstop stream of poignant, sterling performances by a truly stellar lineup of artists-- including Gabriel, Wallinger, Sinead O Connor, Natacha Atlas, Iarla O Lionaird and James McNally (both of Afro Celt Sound System), Papa Wemba, Joseph Arthur, Tanzania s late music legend Hukwe Zawose, Hungary s Marta Sebestyen, Tim Finn, Cameroonian starFrancis Bebey, Vernon Reid, Justin Adams, Jah Wobble, Billy Cobham, Rupert Hine, gospel group the Holmes Brothers, flamenco guitarist Juan Canizares, Japanese percussionist Joji Hirota, and many more in all totaling 75 artists from over 20 countries. Big Blue Ball s songs were created and recorded between 1991 and 1995, but the album has been an active work-in-progress at Real World ever since, a labor of love with ace producer Stephen Hague working closely with Peter Gabriel and Karl Wallinger. Holding the disparate elements in place is the powerful backbone of big drum tracks underpinning many of the songs. Wallinger says, Everyone was in orbit around this groove, and there is a universal language of dance, of dance grooves. That groove is the one bit that s non-denominational on the album. Minimize

Release Date: 2007-06-26, Audio CD, PID

Release Date: 2008-03-25, Audio CD, Phantom Sound & Vision

Release Date: 2007-06-02, Audio CD, P-Vine Japan

Release Date: 2010-08-31, Audio CD, Philology